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Walwyn’s Castle, Dale, St Brides and Marloes.

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Walwyn’s Castle, Dale, St Bride’s a Marloes.

SEPTEMBER 2019 MEDI

The Church in Wales Parishes of Dale, St Brides with Marloes, The Church in Wales Parishes of Dale, St Brides with Marloes, The Church in Wales Parishes of Dale, St Brides with Marloes, The Church in Wales Parishes of Dale, St Brides with Marloes, Hasguard with St Ishmael's, Walwyn’s Castle & Robeston West Hasguard with St Ishmael's, Walwyn’s Castle & Robeston West Hasguard with St Ishmael's, Walwyn’s Castle & Robeston West Hasguard with St Ishmael's, Walwyn’s Castle & Robeston West

Parish PriestsParish PriestsParish PriestsParish Priests: Fr. Andrew Johnson 01646 636966 frandrewj@btinternet.com Rev’d. Dr Rhiannon Johnson 01646 636966 Postal Address: The Vicarage, 172 Castle Way, Dale, Haverfordwest, SA62 3RN Curate: Curate: Curate: Curate: Rev’d Gaynor Ford 01646 693452 gaynorford2846@btinternet.com Church WardensChurch WardensChurch WardensChurch Wardens Dale: Peter Morgan 636625 Harriet Bishop 636668 St Brides: Mary Lewis 636430, William Richards 636242 Marloes: Yvonne Evans 636251 St Ishmaels: Heather Phippen 636261 Walwyn’s Castle: Jayne Edwards 01437 781575, Kate Morgan 01437 781270 Robeston West: Gill Thorne 01437 890693, Geoffrey Harries 01646 692736 Baptist Chapels: Moriah Baptist Chapels: Moriah Baptist Chapels: Moriah Baptist Chapels: Moriah ---- Marloes Marloes Marloes Marloes Paul James 01646 636241 Aenon Aenon Aenon Aenon ---- Sandy Hill Sandy Hill Sandy Hill Sandy Hill Anne Hardacre 01437 763639

LOCAL SERVICESLOCAL SERVICESLOCAL SERVICESLOCAL SERVICES SHOPS: SHOPS: SHOPS: SHOPS: Marloes Village StoreMarloes Village StoreMarloes Village StoreMarloes Village Store and Post Office and Post Office and Post Office and Post Office 01646 636968 Open: Monday 9-1, Tuesday to Saturday 9 - 4, and Sunday 9-12:30

MOBILE LIBRARY:MOBILE LIBRARY:MOBILE LIBRARY:MOBILE LIBRARY: Next dates: Friday 13th September, 11th October St. Ishmaels Burgage Green Layby - 10.50 am to 11.20 am Dale - Blue Anchor Way - 11.35am to 12.05am Marloes - Toilets - 12.15 am to 12.45 am

Contact 01437 776126 or 07774 230200 (van)

MOBILE POST OFFICE:MOBILE POST OFFICE:MOBILE POST OFFICE:MOBILE POST OFFICE: Tuesday: Tuesday: Tuesday: Tuesday: St Ishmaels 14:00—15:00 Dale 15:15—16:15 Thursday: Thursday: Thursday: Thursday: St Ishmaels 13:00—14:00 Dale 14:15—15:15

CONTACTS FOR HALL HIRE:

Marloes: Bridget Lister 01646 636274 St Ishmaels Memorial Hall: Yvonne Evans 01636 636251

St Ishmaels Sports & Social Club: Sports Club: 01646 636444 or Steve Richards 07413 005893

Walwyns Castle Village Hall: Jean Rees 01437 929813

FOR HIRE

THE CORONATION HALL AND JUBILEE

SUITE DALE

BOOKINGS: WENDY KEHOE 01646 636721

EMAIL– wendykehoe@yahoo.co.uk

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Dear All,

Andrew and I (Rhiannon) had an amazing experience when we were in York

on holiday last month. A church, which I guess is no longer needed as a

church, had been taken over as a Van Gogh exhibition. You lie in deck chairs

and around you, digitally projected on the walls and floor and ceiling are the

paintings.

You find yourself inside the golden cornfield while the cypress tress

sways gently, the crows fly past and, in the distance, a fam cart move along.

You sit under the cherry blossoms and gently they fall around you, It seems

to rain and the grey-brown paintings of his deep depression slowly morph

from one to another. His self-portraits shift into each other, the same eyes

as the face around them changes.

It was cleverly, cleverly done and it moved us. We both felt it was like a

religious experience and felt a little jealous at what could be stirred by

light and music and art.

I wish we could offer you an experience that outstanding as worship, but

it is quite beyond our budget and our skill. What we offer is simpler, more

austere and perhaps more honest. It may not wrap you in blue and golden

digital light, but it does give you a space to breathe, to be and not just do,

and to encounter God in the ordinary extraordinariness of your life.

One thing more, for all its beauty, the Van Gogh experience did not con-

nect you with anyone else. We came in and went out alone. It built no com-

munity; it gave us no purpose and no meaning. It took us out of time but re-

turned us with only a memory that did not necessary connect with the rest

of life.

Our worship builds us up as individuals and as communities. It refocuses

and redirects our lives. Every time a journey of offered for those who en-

gage with it from the mess of where you are to the blessing of where you

are and will be.

Anyway, this must be the clerical equivalent of boring people with holiday

pictures. We hope you have had a good Summer too and wish you all the best

for harvest and the new school year,

Gaynor, Andrew and Rhiannon

ST JAMES CHURCH, DALE

HARVEST FESTIVAL

FRIDAY 4th OCTOBER

at 6.00pm

Collection in aid of Tir Dewi

Followed by a

HARVEST SUPPER

Coronation Hall, Dale, at 7.00pm

Tickets £9.00 adults, £5.00 u12

Come and join us as we celebrate the Harvest.

St Bride and Marloes Summer Fête

It was another hugely successful summer fête for St Brides and Marloes churches this year, with the community all pulling together to deliver a happy and memorable occasion. Once again the sun shone for us in the wonderful setting of St Brides Castle. As you know, it is the largest and most significant fundraiser of the year for the two churches, evermore important when considering the challenges that small churches face. So once again – genuine thanks to all involved for all contributions whether running stalls, baking cakes, gathering wine bottles, creating lucky dip prizes, donating generators, providing teas and coffees etc. The total sum raised including some final donations has reached £4,930. Grateful thanks to all – none of it would be achieved without such a supportive community.

Mil Reynolds would like to express her gratitude to everyone who came to her Mil Reynolds would like to express her gratitude to everyone who came to her Mil Reynolds would like to express her gratitude to everyone who came to her Mil Reynolds would like to express her gratitude to everyone who came to her 90th birthday tea. Everyone attending helped to make it a very happy after-90th birthday tea. Everyone attending helped to make it a very happy after-90th birthday tea. Everyone attending helped to make it a very happy after-90th birthday tea. Everyone attending helped to make it a very happy after-noon for her. She was overwhelmed, and delighted, to see so many old friends noon for her. She was overwhelmed, and delighted, to see so many old friends noon for her. She was overwhelmed, and delighted, to see so many old friends noon for her. She was overwhelmed, and delighted, to see so many old friends and relatives. Furthermore, thanks to the generosity of those who donated and relatives. Furthermore, thanks to the generosity of those who donated and relatives. Furthermore, thanks to the generosity of those who donated and relatives. Furthermore, thanks to the generosity of those who donated money for a dishwasher for The Coronation Hall in lieu of presents, Mil is de-money for a dishwasher for The Coronation Hall in lieu of presents, Mil is de-money for a dishwasher for The Coronation Hall in lieu of presents, Mil is de-money for a dishwasher for The Coronation Hall in lieu of presents, Mil is de-lighted to say it is hoped the new dishwasher will be in place for the Harvest lighted to say it is hoped the new dishwasher will be in place for the Harvest lighted to say it is hoped the new dishwasher will be in place for the Harvest lighted to say it is hoped the new dishwasher will be in place for the Harvest Supper at the beginning of October! Thank you one and all for making Mil’s Supper at the beginning of October! Thank you one and all for making Mil’s Supper at the beginning of October! Thank you one and all for making Mil’s Supper at the beginning of October! Thank you one and all for making Mil’s 90th birthday such a fabulously memorable and enjoyable afternoon for her.90th birthday such a fabulously memorable and enjoyable afternoon for her.90th birthday such a fabulously memorable and enjoyable afternoon for her.90th birthday such a fabulously memorable and enjoyable afternoon for her.

ST JAMES CHURCH, DALE

There are quite a lot of church events which have not been acknowledged as they all fell after the deadline for the last edition of PP - so here goes! Carmar-then Symphonic Wind Band played a terrific medley of numbers ranging all over the musical canon at a concert they gave at the end of June. The church Roof Fund benefitted by £322. The band then stayed on to play for the Blessing of the Boats Service where the collection raised £165 for the Seafarers Mission. A terrific and most enjoyable afternoon.

We then moved smartly on to the Fete where thanks to all who contributed either by running a stall, or by providing items for the stalls or simply by spending time and money made it a very happy afternoon which was also successful! Thanks to the generosity of those of you who came, and those who sent dona-tions as they were unable to attend, we raised just over £2,300 which will go along way to help with paying for the running costs of the church.

The roof fund also benefitted from donations from those who enjoyed refresh-ments after looking over The Walled Garden at an Open Garden event in early August to the tune of £146.

We do appreciate all who support us at events and hope many more will do so in the future. So why not start with our Harvest Thanksgiving Service on Friday 4th October and the Harvest Supper which will follow it. This is being held on a Friday this year in the hope more of you will be able to attend, and bring the whole family along to make it a real village celebration of a successful harvest. It is a BYO bottle event with a buffet supper. Tickets are on sale from Harriet (636668) £9.00 for adults and £5.00 for under 12s - see notice in this issue of Peninsula Papers. All the money raised will go towards helping with the upkeep of the church.

The basic running cost of the church is approximately £25 a day - and that is before we start to worry about any major item such as the new roof the church needs. So you can see how much the church needs your support. Without it, the church will not be able to remain open and available for you, the parishioners, should you wish to have your baptisms, weddings and funerals in St James, the church in the centre of your community, as previous generations have done.

A new season?

The Church’s year has seasons. Some of them are really well known like Christmas

and Easter, others slightly less so like Advent and Lent, maybe just remembered outside

church for chocolate calendars or the vague feeling that you ought to be giving something

up. Most of the church year, however, is what is known as ‘ordinary time’. In Wales that

is mostly Sundays after Trinity. The mood colour in church is green; the ordinary busi-

ness of Christian life is growing- growing up, growing old, growing wiser, growing in

faith, hope and love.

In the last thirty years or so, there has been a move to create some new seasons in this

ordinary time to make it more focussed. One suggests keeping the month up to Harvest as

a ‘creation season’. In response to the environmental crisis, concentrating on the world

around us as God’s gift and, therefore, precious and holy, might help challenge a throwa-

way culture. There should shortly be prayers and ideas for prayer during the creation

season on the St. Davids Diocesan website.

One idea is rewriting the Benedicite, an ancient Christian song, for your own place.

The original begins, “All you works of the Lord, bless the Lord, praise him and magnify

him forever” and then lists all the things the writer sees around him or her. The challenge

is to rewrite it for your place. So, here is a starter for ten for a Peninsula Benedicite, how

would you write it?

All you things that God has made, bless the Lord, sing his praises and exalt him forever.

Ripe grain in the field bless the Lord, sing his praise and exalt him forever.

Moonlight on the sea, bless the Lord, sing his praise and exalt him forever.

Bright billed puffins, bless the Lord, sing his praise and exalt him forever.

Fierce storm and rain, bless the Lord, sing his praise and exalt him forever.

Sun-weary tourists, bless the Lord, sing his praise and exalt him forever.

Bright sailed boats, bless the Lord, sing his praise and exalt him forever.

Friends and neighbours, bless the Lord, sing his praise and exalt him forever.

Rhiannon

MOTHERS’ UNION What a fabulous summer we have had –I hope all of you - members and non-members alike - have had a wonderfully restful (!) and joyous time and have been able to enjoy quality time with friends and family. It is now time to settle down to the normal events of life and look forward to our programme of talks for the autumn and winter. The opening evening is for us, The Mothers' Union, to discuss the way forward for our group—a true business meeting Ladies! There is much to discuss—so please do come along and see what we are about and the projects we hope we will be undertaking. Teas and raffle will be provided by Harriet and Bridget. The meeting is on Tuesday 10th September at Marloes Village Hall 7.30pm. The Mothers’ Union welcomes all, and despite the name you do not have to be a mother - or even a woman! If you feel like popping in to see how we operate please do. We meet on the second Tuesday of the month in Marloes Village Hall at 7.30pm...Look forward to seeing you there! For more information contact Harriet 636668, or Bridget 636274.

Community Councils Community Councils Community Councils Community Councils DALE Meeting held on Monday 8th July. Community Delivery Project. Mr David Astins came to explain to the Council mem-bers that due to budgetary constraints, Dale Community Council will have to take over the responsibility of two services currently being undertaken by PCC by 2021. This will be grass cutting on certain areas of the Village, which has already been reduced and the public toilets. The annual cost of running the toilets is £7,000, which is far more than the CC precept. The Council were con-cerned about the money needed to take up the responsibility, especially as Dale has a small number of permanent residents who will have to pick up the cost. Sea Grass Regeneration. Mr Richard Unsworth explained the work that Swansea University and Marine Energy Wales were doing on the sea bed in Dale. They are hoping to restore the marine habitat for sea grass (eel grass) in Dale. They emphasised the benefits that the grass gave in cleaning the water, as it traps carbon, and that having a sea grass meadow would bring a higher growth of whiting, herring and pollock. Hessian bags full of seeds would be placed on the sea bed, while respecting the needs of the fishermen, and boat owners in Dale. They would like to begin the trial this Au-tumn / Winter. The sea bed near Dale Fort and Frenchman’s steps had been identified as a potential area of around 2 hectares. The Council were concerned about the impact this project might have on the fishermen and boat owners, and wanted to have more discussions with other members of the village to hear their concerns and to have a few more meetings with Marine Energy Wales and Swansea University. Financial Matters. The Council approved payments to Coronation Hall £500, Ceme-tery Grant £500, Peninsular Papers £100, and £200 towards the new village notice

board. Highways. Councillors Lyn Jones, Jane Warr and Peter Morgan had a site meeting with Ben Blake from the Highways Dept with a plan to arrange a ‘Pedestrians in Road’ sign at both ends of the Pickleridge /Black Rock stretch of road, also a ‘Slow’ sign on the road and for there to be more frequent verge cutting and maybe the possibility of widening sections of the road for a footpath. Dog Fouling. The Council agreed for signs to be placed on the bins at Pickleridge in-forming dog walkers that they were able to use the bins to dispose of dog’s faeces. Brook Cottage. Rob Scourfield had had a lot of people contacting him in relation to Brook Cottage. Although no complaints had been made there were concerns raised as to the perceived slow progress etc. Rob had assured people that they had been in regular contact to date and that outstanding issues are to be addressed. Brook Cottage was now able to rebuild the chimneys and put lintels above the windows. Council Training. The Council were in favour of asking Claire Jones from P.C.C. to come and give Monitoring training to the Council members and to invite members from Marloes and St Ishmaels Community Councils to attend. Next meeting of Dale Community Council will be held on Monday 9th September, 2019 at 7pm, in the Jubilee suite Dale. Residents of Dale Commu-nity are welcome to attend and may speak to the Council at the invitation of the Chairman

MARLOES & ST BRIDES Items under consideration at the July/August meetings included the following:- Planning Matters – NP/18/0666/FUL (Ty Gwyn) –The application has been approved, but permitted development rights had been removed, and the static caravan is to be removed within six months. NP/19/0336/FUL – The Council had objected to the

application as they did not wish to see so much boundary hedge lost. Members offered to talk to the National Park Case Officer and the applicant to achieve the necessary pedestrian and field access. Local Development Plan (LDP) Hearings have been attended by Cllr. Jessop. A wide range of topics has been covered, with Affordable Housing next for discussion. The Council had submitted a statement with regard to the Climate Emergency. Noted that Ms. Jane Gibson has been re-placed by Nicola Gandy as Director of Planning and Park Direction. Parking Issues – Concerns have been highlighted about vehicles parking on the Village Green usually linked to visitors staying at nearby holiday homes/lets. The Council will contact National Park for advice, before contacting property owners. Permitted Development Regulations - A concern has been raised by a home owner who is in disagreement with Nation-al Park on this matter. Council members agreed that the Regulations are causing concern as to how they are interpreted. County Council Matters – Noted that the hedges in Marloes had been cut on the 1st July – two weeks later than last year. Hedges in St. Ishmaels and St. Brides had been cut earlier. The Council has cut the hedge behind the pavement in the Glebe Lane. Householders are usually responsible for their own hedges alongside the Lane. Some potholes have been filled in, but work is outstanding on the pot hole by the Lob-ster Pot, and the fence at Gaylane Terrace. Road Closure Issues – St. Ishmaels area. The Clerk updated members on the prob-lems occurring with the planned road closure on the 22nd July, and the one carried out without County Council consent on the 25th July. Another closure has now been requested for the 2nd September. It was agreed that an objection is lodged, request-ing that a site meeting is held with all local

Councils represented, to discuss the need for the closure, the alternative roads to be used if necessary, and clear signage for all traffic users in both directions. St. Brides Haven Parking Area – Cllr. Owens has arranged for this area to be monitored. He has been advised that the greatest pressure is on the weekends for overnight camping, and also parking. Churchgoers are finding it is difficult to park for the 11am service. Two Dive Operators appear to be running their businesses from the Car Park, and the County Council/National Park have been asked to advise if this is permitted under the Parking Orders. Police Matters - Members noted that an incident had occurred in July when a visitor had caused problems in the area around the Clock Tower – the police had responded quickly. Suspicious activity is to reported immediately via the 101 service. Community Speed Watch - Volun-teers, working in teams of three, are re-quired to train to undertake this role in Marloes Village. Applicants will need to be vetted, and then undergo an hours training. Equipment is held at Milford Police Station, and will need to be collected and then returned there after a Speed Watch Ses-sion. Anyone interested in volunteering should contact the Clerk on 636251 in the first instance. National Trust - Marloes Visitor Experi-ence Project – Members reviewed the Pre-Planning Application paperwork prior to the August meeting. Comments on the pro-posals were agreed and since forwarded to the National Trust. The latter will be meeting National Park officers to discuss any areas of concern. Pembrokeshire Eco Champion – The County Council is looking for representa-tives, (not necessarily a Councillor), in every community area. If you are interest-ed in this project contact

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ecochampions@pembrokeshire.gov.uk Dead Badgers – If you come across a dead badger, please ring 0808 1695110 as soon as possible – site details, nearest building/road etc. will be required. Next Meeting – The next meeting of the Coun-cil will be held on Monday 9th September 2019, 7.30pm at Marloes Village Hall, when the business meeting will be held. Community

residents of Marloes & St. Brides are very welcome to attend, and may speak at the invitation of the Chairman. See www.marloes.org.uk for further Community information; minutes of the Community Council meetings after they are approved, and also previous copies of Peninsula Papers (excluding adverts).

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SEAGRASS PROJECT UPDATE

Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum and the Pembrokeshire Marine Special Area of Conserva-tion are in the early stages of engagement on a project of Sky Ocean Rescue, WWF and Swansea University to restore seagrass meadows in Wales. The project plans to restore seagrass in a small experimental two hectare area in collaboration with the community in Dale. We want to ensure that those who enjoy or work in the sea around Dale have an opportunity to share their views.

Many people were available to provide their input at the Seagrass Ocean Rescue Drop In event on Monday 19th August, for which we are grateful. As promised please find attached notes from the event, including all the feedback offered by attendees on the feedback boards. If anyone identifies that an issue has been omitted or overlooked please either visit our website: https://www.pembrokeshirecoastalforum.org.uk/seagrassoceanrescue/ and fill in the “Have your say” section or get in touch with the team directly and we will update accordingly.

The background information that was provided on the boards at the Drop In is also availa-ble on this web page, as well as Frequently Asked Questions (attached). Responses to the queries and comments raised at the Drop In event will be added as soon as possible, we are currently working with our project partners to compile them.

Please see below the following engagement activities, we invite you to participate:

Monday 2nd September: 2pm-3.30pm Walking site visit with Swansea University. Using this extreme low tide we can show you the site and discuss any opportunities and concerns. Meet outside Griffin Inn at 2pm. Please wear sensible footwear for a walk. 7pm-8.30pm Open meeting with presentation on the project history, concerns and opportunities as raised during the Drop In event, followed by next steps

Saturday 28th September (provisional, depending on uptake and logistics) for a site visit day trip to Porthdinllaen to observe the seagrass and meet users in the area. Please let us know if you would like to take part? We will organise a mini bus, leaving Dale early morning, for a low tide site visit around 2-3pm and returning to Dale in the evening.

Jetske Germing

Until 29th Sept, The Old Stables Heritage Centre, “Homes and Gardens with a history” Sat 7 St Ishmaels Cricket Club end-of-season BBQ Mon 2 1400 Seagrass project - low tide visit to site. 1900 Seagrass project - Open Meeting Mon 9 1900 Tai Chi Class, Coronation Hall, Dale, all levels welcome Mon 9 1900 Dale Community Council, Jubilee Suite Mon 9 1930 Marloes & St Brides Community Council, Marloes Village Hall Thu 10 1930 Mothers Union, Marloes Village Hall Sun 15 1500 Charity Prosecco and Strawberry Garden Party, Butterhill, see advert Mon 16 1900 Tai Chi Class, Coronation Hall, Dale, all levels welcome Wed 18 1500 - 1900 Marine Energy Test Area Exhibition, Coronation Hall Dale Fri 20 1930 “Gin and Sing”, Walwyn’s Castle Village Hall (proceeds for St James Church, Walwyns Castle) Sat 21 1000 MacMillan Coffee Morning at St Ishmaels S&S Club Sun 22 1430 West Dale Beach Clean (MCS) - see advert Mon 23 1900 Tai Chi Class, Coronation Hall, Dale, all levels welcome Wed 25 1930 History Group “The Second World War - challenging perceptions”, by David Llewellyn, Marloes Village Hall Thu 26 1900 DADS 2020 start-up meeting, Jubilee Suite Thu 26 Coastlands School Bingo Night, St Ishmaels S&S Club Sat 28 Seagrass project - provisional - site visit to Porthdinllaen Sun 29 Pembs Half-marathon, Dale and surrounding area Sun 29 1100 Harvest Service, St Brides Sun 29 1400 - 1600 St Brides Pump House demonstration Mon 30 1900 Tai Chi Class, Coronation Hall, Dale, all levels welcome OCTOBER Fri 4 1800 St James Dale Harvest Festival and Harvest Supper Sun 6 1100 Walwyn’s Castle family harvest festival, produce charity auction and lunch Tue 8 1230 Dale Winter Warmers Community Lunch, Dale Coronation Hall Tue 8 1930 Social and Film evening, Dale Coronation Hall Sun 27 1400 - 1600 St Brides Pump House demonstration

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DALE AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY 2020 SHOW

Everyone is invited to our start-up meeting:

Jubilee Suite, Dale Coronation Hall

Thursday 26th September, 7.00 pm

Come and hear about our plans for the DADS 2020 show

(19th/20th/21st March)

Whatever your interests (acting, singing, dancing, backstage,

costumes…), you'll be very welcome!

Chris Jessop 01646 636789 Anne Meeke 01646 636716

Dale WI

Meetings will resume on the 3rd September when we will have a Business/Social meeting to

catch up after the summer break in August. July had proved particularly busy for many

members. The North Pembrokeshire Treasure Hunt we hosted went well, with all cars

returning in good time to enjoy a salad supper. Puncheston WI won, and will be responsi-

ble for next years event. It was a privilege to help provide and serve teas at Mil Reynold’s

90th Birthday party. Mil is our longest serving member. Later in the month, members

visited St. Brides to enjoy the President’s Supper with Mary Lewis - a beautiful evening

with glorious views over St. Brides Bay. At the end of July, for the first time we provided

and served tea for the 1st Eleven Cricket Team match at St. Ishmaels.

Later in the month, on Tuesday 17th September we will have a talk by Maren Hamre on

identity theft - “Friends against Scams”

New members can join at any time during the year. All meetings are held at the Jubilee

Suite, Dale Coronation Hall, and normally start at 7.30pm. Contact Yvonne Evans

(636251) for further details. See www.theWI.org.uk for further information on what the

WI organisation could offer you.

COASTLANDS LOCAL HISTORY GROUP

A rather disappointing end to the first half of this year’s programme saw the trip to Pem-broke Castle being cancelled - it may appear again in another year’s programme so all is not lost!

We now move on to the autumn series of talks. After the last four years where we marked centenary milestones from WW1, we now turn our attention to various anniver-saries for WW2, and to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of WW2 David Llewellyn will be coming to talk on “The Second World War - challenging perceptions” David is also helping us with digitising our archive, so he is going to be with us quite a bit over the next 2 years.

We have taken a number of visitors to see the Barrack Room cartoons - the discussion as to the exact planes depicted carries on though thanks to Malcolm Cullen we may be nearer to a conclusion than before!

Visitors to The Old Stables have enjoyed the current exhibition and been fascinated by the change in status of buildings now firmly regarded as homes. The exhibition closes at the end of September so we urge you to come and see it before it is put to bed for the winter.

The History Group is open to anyone - even those who live away but visit frequently. If you wish for details please do be in touch either through our website, or those named at the end of this piece.

For more details about the History Group please contact Yvonne (636251),

Margaret (636295) or Harriet (636668).

St Brides Pump House

The pump house, containing a very interesting and rare Tangye pump engine, is

located at St Brides Haven (SA62 3AJ), close to St Bridget’s Church. 2018 saw

the pump and engine brought back on line following a two year gap in opera-

tions. The building is open every day and contains information panels about

the pump house, the history of the Kensington Estate and the National Park.

Working demonstrations of the pump in 2019 are between 2pm and 4pm on the

following days:

• Sunday 29th September

• Sunday 27th October

For further information about demonstrations, contact Chris Taylor 01646

600225. He would welcome local residents with an interest in engines/pumps

etc becoming involved with the Pump House. It will be an anniversary next

year, and the building will receive a face lift. If anyone is interested locally if

they go along to one of these demonstrations he will explain what is involved.

The Old Stables Heritage Centre

EXHIBITION

“Homes and Gardens with a history ”

18th July - 29th September 2019 Thursday - Sunday 11:00 - 5:00 pm

Admission free.

This is your last chance to catch this exhibition! It closes at the end of the month—so those who have not yet been in to see it come along and see if the house you are staying in had a previous existence—or a history you know nothing about, or those of you with green fingers come and see what gardens were about in the past or are emerging again.... For more information contact Margaret (636295)

Social and Film

Evenings Autumn Season

Doors open 7 pm

Films start 7.30 pm

Coronation Hall, Dale

2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month

(*With occasional additions)

From October to March

All Welcome Admission free Refreshments

Donations for running costs gratefully received.

8/10 - 1973 Romantic drama starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford.

22/10 - 1960 film set in 1930s Tennessee starring Montgom-ery Clift and Lee Remick.

*29/10 – “Romcom” starring Steve Martin, based on Cyrano de Bergerac.

12/11 – Courtroom drama starring Henry Fonda as Juror 8.

26/11 – 1972 film starring Woody Allen identifying with hero of Casablanca.

10/12 – 1944 Romance-War-Adventure film starring Bogart and Bacall.

To find out more about the films email Jim on jcwarr@bbtinternet.com

Email rosemary.meck@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list.

DALE WINTER WARMERS ALL SET

TO BEAT THE END-OF-SUMMER BLUES!

We have met with Fern from PAVS who has lots of fantas;c ideas for our Drop-

Ins and she will be hoping to hear more from you about your thoughts over the

next month.

Provisionally we are planning to meet from 12.30 on Tuesdays from October to

March in the Corona;on Hall for a couple of hours.

We are kicking off with a Community Lunch on Tuesday 8th

October at 12.30 pm.

Come along and enjoy our cooking for only £1.

All Welcome!

SAVE THIS DATE!

More details to follow in October’s Peninsula Papers.

Charity Prosecco and Strawberry Garden Party

Sunday 15 September 2019

3.00pm – 5.00pm

at

The Old Dairy, Butter Hill, St Ishmaels

SA62 3SR

(Behind Butter Hill Grange)

£5.00 per head on arrival

Children welcome free of charge

Raffle!

All Welcome – no advance booking necessary

For more information

Phone or text Barbara on 07376 417190

All proceeds to Shalom Palliative Care Centre St Davids

St Ishmaels Cricket Club 2019

Well that’s it for another season and how fortunate we have been

with the weather.

As I write this on 17th August I believe our 1st XI Team will remain

in Division 1 and the 2nd XI Team will definitely be promoted to

Division 3, hopefully with silverware. They have had a wonderful

season.

And I am so pleased to report that we now have Under 9 & Under 11 teams.

They have had a tremendously successful season & the future of Tish cricket

is looking very promising.

Our double static nets are now complete & being put to good use. Grateful

thanks to our sponsors, especially to the family of the late George Davies &

all the volunteers involved in building them.

Thank you to everyone who sponsored match balls & provided cricket teas for

the 1st XI team and the senior county game in May. Special thanks to the

ladies of Dale WI who did the honours so wonderfully on the 27th July.

OUR END OF SEASON BBQ WILL BE HELD ON SAT 7th SEPTEMBER - ALL

WELCOME!

COASTWATCH UPDATE

On July 24th, members of NCI (National Coastwatch Institute) Wooltack Point visited

RNLI Angle on Milford Haven waterway; one of three lifeboat stations in our area of

operation. It was a very enjoyable and interesting visit, where we were shown around by

the Coxswain and one of his volunteers. We were able to learn lots about the role of the

RNLI and tell them more about our land based role, just

west of Angle on the Deer Park. Plans have already been

made about conducting some shared exercises in the near

future.

NCI Wooltack Point maintains a visual and listening

watch across St Brides Bay, Skomer and the entrance to

Milford Haven. It provides assistance in identifying

emergencies and assisting with keeping vessels and

people safe. Manned by fully trained volunteers, the

station works alongside HMCG, the RNLI and other local

agencies in providing the eyes and ears for this popular

and beautiful area of coastline.

Totally self-funding, NCI Wooltack Point always wel-

comes new members, whether they wish to become

watchkeepers or associate members. Anyone interested

should contact the station on 07809 689835 or email:

wooltack.point@nci.org.uk for further details.

Full programme : www.haverfordwest-film-society.org.uk

12TH SEPT PHANTOM THREAD 2017 USA Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Wood-cock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who be-comes his muse and lover.

19TH SEPT CALL ME BY YOUR

NAME 2017 ITALY Dir: Luca

Guadagnino

In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, hired as his father’s re-search assistant, with whom he bonds. .

26TH SEPT EVEN WHEN I FALL 2017 UK Dir: Kate McLarnon & Sky Neal This documentary tells the incredible story of Nepal's first circus, set up by survivors of child trafficking.

Adults £4.50 Students £2.50

Show starts 7.30 pm Bar opens 6.45pm

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Fund raiser update -

Marloes Recreation Area:

We have had a fantastic year of fund raising

for the Play are in Marloes.

The music evening at the Lobster pot was a

huge success and raised £330. It was also a

very enjoyable evening. Big thank you to

the Lobster pot for hosting us, Marloes

shop & the Clock House for raffle prizes

and lastly the wonderful musicians organ-

ised by Robin Black who put on such a

great night of music.

The Howies Spud Run (30th June) also

gave us a £60 windfall from their late

entrants fund. Another £60 went to the

M&D Defibrillator fund as well. It was a

very popular event with over 150 runners

all trying to win some Trehill potatoes.

Thank you to Howies and the organisers for

thinking of us and passing on the extra

money.

Mark Burton

Found on Marloes Sands, apparently it is a Sea Heart, the seed of the Monkey Ladder vine, the tropical legume Entada Gigas (pea/bean family) – whose pods are the longest in the world at up to 2 metres! As “The monkey ladder is widely distributed throughout wet lowland forests of the New World tropics”, all we can say for certain is that it has crossed the Atlantic.

Another recent find was neither animal, nor vegeta-ble, but mineral: a triangle of copper sheet, just above the waves’ wash at Matthew Slade.

On finding such pieces of copper, brass, or aluminium I always wonder, what trick does the sea perform when delivering these items to the tideline? Were they originally attached to a timber which was long buried under the cobbles and re-cently broke up? Or do deep-reaching swells sweeping the sea bottom bring them ashore?

As to that copper’s story – my best guess, it's a fragment of a wooden ship’s hull sheathing. Good quality ships were sheathed against marine borersF Hence the expression “copper bottomed” meaning well-found. CJ

Climate Change reality: Council plans for shutdown of Welsh coastal community

As the Guardian has recently reported, Gwynedd CC is planning for the 850 residents of Fairbourne (nr Barmouth) to be evacuated, buildings and infrastructure to be removed, and the land to be returned to salt marsh; the programme will start in 2045 “or sooner, if forecasts worsen or a storm breaches the sea defences”.

A wake-up call for all coastal dwellers?

The Organisers of Dale Pirate Day 2019 would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who gave prizes, helped out on the day and all who attended. We hope you had a great time. Special THANKS to Tony and Kath of the Boat House Café who year after year really enter into the Pirate Spirit and provide lots of support and prizes.

Gareth Reynolds rowed throughout the day in training for his Atlantic Chal-lenge. We are very happy to be able to present him with a cheque for £850 to go towards his fundraising target for the MS Society.

We have also been able to purchase a Disco Lighting set for the Dale Commu-nity which has been on our wish list for many years. See you under the lights at the next Party!

West Dale beach clean Sunday 22nd September 2.30 - 4.30pm.

The annual Marine Conservation Society beach clean where all finds are logged - very important for national monitoring efforts.

The MCS web page is given below but you needn't register: just turn up if you are free and fancy it!

U16s accompanied, please

https://www.mcsuk.org/beachwatch/beach/westdale-bay/event/2019-09-22

ST ISHMAELS SPORTS CLUB

The Sports Club Committee would like to thank The Carnival Committee for all their hard work. We would also like to thank all the club members who helped out with the marquees and on the gate. The bar staff worked very hard, collecting glasses day and night. A very good night was had by all who attended the concert by The Manic Phonics.

The cricket season has come to an end and both teams did very well. Many thanks to the players and management. The second eleven (Captained by Rob Thomas) won promotion and the first eleven finished in mid-table. An end of season cricket barbecue will be held on September 7th. For more information please phone Mrs. Wendy Brad-shaw on 636446 or 07974678329.

On Sunday 8th of September a cricket match will be held with a touring side from Cardiff. The game will be a 20/20 match beginning at 1pm. There will be a barbecue after.

On Saturday 21st of September there will be a Macmillan Coffee Morning starting at 10.00am and ending at 12.30pm. Please look out for posters on the club’s website and give it your support.

Coastlands School will hold a bingo night at the club on Thursday September 26th.

There will a children’s Halloween Party held in the lounge on Thursday 31st October.

Fireworks Night will be on Saturday November 2nd. If it is raining or wet it will be held on Saturday November 9th. There will not be a bonfire.

Saturday December 14th will see a turkey curry and quiz night held in the lounge.

Alice in Panto Land will be performed on Saturday December 21st starting at 7.00pm and ending at around 9.00pm. More information on this can be had from October’s Penin-sula Papers.

Father Christmas will attend the Kiddies Christmas Party in the lounge on Sunday December 22nd. The Christmas Raffle will be drawn after the party.

The football season begins on September 7th. The Committee would like to wish every player a successful, injury free season. Anybody who would like to sponsor the football team (e.g. providing balls or after match food) is invited to ring the club on 636444.

Marine Energy Test Area (META) Public Exhibitions

What is META?

Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum is developing a Marine Energy Test Area (META) project in and around the Milford Haven Waterway.

Short term tests carried out within META will help technology developers develop, de-risk and deploy their marine energy technologies to harness the enormous energy of the ocean further afield.

Sites for testing wave and tidal devices, along with other marine energy equip-ment, are proposed near Pembroke Port, Warrior Way, Dale and north of Fresh-water West. These proposed sites are for short-term testing only, so installations will be temporary.

As a pillar of the Swansea Bay City Deal Pembroke Dock Marine Project, META will make a significant contribution to the development of Pembrokeshire as a world class centre for marine energy.

Phase 1 of the project has received its licences and is now open for business. Comprising five test sites directly adjacent to Pembroke Port, it is easily accessible for early stage developers and represents the first stage to getting devices in the water.

Public Exhibitions

Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum is hosting its second round of public exhibitions following on from those held last December, in order to update the public on the progress which has been made on the project. Join us at one of our drop-in exhibitions which are being held in the following locations:

17th

September – Community Hall, Castlemartin: 3pm – 7pm

18th

September – Coronation Hall, Dale: 3pm – 7pm

9th

October – Bridge Innovation Centre, Pembroke Dock: 2pm – 7pm

17th

October – Town Hall, Pembroke: 3pm – 7pm

META is being funded by the European Regional Development Fund administered by Welsh Government, alongside the Coastal Communities Fund.

To find out more visit: www.marineenergywales.co.uk/meta

Save money and save the planet: use more apples!

Sweet apples galore, but you can't persuade the family to eat more…? Smuggle them into their stomachs with cunning recipe adaptations. You can hide loads of apples (ideally unpeeled, just cored & diced) in a curry / soup / spag bol

without anyone being any the wiser; indeed, you might even get approving noises! And while not so many of our Penin-sulari tribe grow plums - with home grown tomatoes they

do make a fantastically rich pasta sauce. CJ

SWIMMING by Chris Jessop

Very much inspired by the Little Feat song “Willin'”

I'm not young any more, my hair's going grey,

But I live near the shore and at least I can say

That I'm still… swimming.

Don't have a wetsuit, never use fins,

Just lose my clothes and I go straight in:

I'm still… swimming.

I've been to Iona, Saint Agnes too,

Silver sand and azure blue,

Swum in every kind of weather that's ever been known;

Burnt by the heat, or chilled to the bone…

And if the waves aren't too high

And you won't feel shy –

I'll be willing to go swimming.

From a sandy spit or the foot of a cliff,

In high sun at noon or under the Moon –

I'm still… swimming.

You can go in alone, keeps you fit and strong;

Any friend who loves Nature, bring them along

If they're still… swimming.

I've been to Iona, Saint Agnes too,

Silver sand and azure blue,

Swum in every kind of weather that's ever been known;

Burnt by the heat, or chilled to the bone…

And if the waves aren't too high

And you won't feel shy –

I'll be willing to go swimming.

Painted Ladies againPainted Ladies againPainted Ladies againPainted Ladies again

In July 2009 I wrote an article for PP about the invasion of Painted Ladies which had occurred in late May of that year. Now, 10 years later, it has happened again, though at a differ-ent time of year. This time it coincided with the warm spell of weather at the beginning of August, and during this period it was not unusual to find over 10 Painted Ladies in the garden mostly feeding on the buddleias. They also had a taste for the tiny blue flowers on ceratostigma, and in the wilder areas, knapweed, hemp agrimony and ragwort.

It was the same out in the countryside – a walk along the coast path took place to the accompaniment of salmon-coloured Painted Ladies flapping away as they were disturbed from their sunbathe on the path or from their meals on nearby shrubs and plants.

These vast numbers of Painted Ladies are the result of an excellent breeding season in Morocco. When numbers build up, the butterflies head north and breed again in Europe. The butterflies resulting from this head north again and some reach the UK where they breed again. The Painted Ladies were are seeing now are probably a mixture of migrants and those locally bred – there was a small immigration in May and the offspring from this will be flying now. You cannot tell by looking at them – some are more brightly coloured than others but this is not significant.

The Painted Ladies have been accompanied by good numbers of the usual summer but-terflies – Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown. Altogether a good year for most common butterflies I think.

See the Marloes website www.marloes.org.uk/page32.html for all the PP wildlife articles, the first one being in December 2005!

Vince Goffin from Trehill

Farm received a long ser-

vice award from Pembroke-

shire Agricultural Socie-

ty on 13th August for 51

years service to agricul-

ture.

FIT and POMSFIT and POMSFIT and POMSFIT and POMS

This year I have been taking part in a survey called the “Flower - Insect Timed Count”, short-ened to FIT. The survey is organised by POMS (UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme) and they are trying to accumulate data on pollinating insects so that changes can be tracked. Bear with me be-cause it gets more interesting!

The survey is very easy to do – I just have to spend 10 minutes staring at a patch of a flowers within a 50cm square, and identifying as best I can all the insects which land on the flowers. The main thing this has taught me is that identifying insects is not very easy! Luckily I do not have to identify the exact species, just the category e.g. bumble bee, honey bee, solitary bee, wasp, beetle, fly, butterfly etc.

I have learnt a lot – for example, I have found out that whilst most hoverflies are the usual kinds of things – rather flat and stripy and brightly-coloured, there are some that are quite different – one looks like a fly, and one looks very like a bee. Bumble-bees are easy. Flies are easy – usually. But bees are not – the solitary bees are varied in size and can look very like other things such as wasps and sawflies. The size of the eyes and antennae are critical. Luckily there is a category called “Unidentified insect” and there are whole host of little black creatures about 1cm long which have gone into this cate-gory.

I have so far done 19 of these little surveys through the summer, on different flowers such as bramble, knapweed, hemp agrimony, marjoram and sedum. The surveys are very pleasant to do and quite entertaining and in the 10 minute period I can see be-tween 2 and 18 insects on my patch of flowers. The most recent one on knapweed in the wild part of the front garden was delightful – I was surrounded by plentiful insects, including butterflies such as Painted Ladies, all probing deeply into the knapweed flower-heads all around me. I broke my previous record on this patch of knapweed with 9 bumble bee visits and 8 honey bee visits plus one solitary bee and one hoverfly. Of course there is no way of knowing if a bee makes a return visit so there may not have been 8 actual honey bees involved!

However, there are a few mysteries. In the last couple of weeks I have started to see good numbers of honeybees – where are they from? We do not have any hives near here, so are they from a wild nest? Conversely, we have a wasps nest in the garden – it is in an old vole hole in the ground and wasps continually go in an out – yet I have never seen a wasp during this survey and indeed we have not see any at all in the garden apart from near the nest.

Although summer is drawing to a close there will be few more surveys yet - the Michaelmas daisies will be in flower soon!

Rosemary Royle

My 50x50cm quadrat on a patch of

sedum

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